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Branden Lee Hinkle

When and why did you start training for fighting?

“I started training for fighting in summer '98. I was working out in Columbus with aspirations of making the freestyle wrestling Olympic team. Coleman got a call from Brazil, asked if I wanted to fight for 1000$ and a free trip to Brazil. As an amateur wrestler I would have fought 4 or 5 times just for a trip to Brazil. Started fight training (pushing cars) and a month later fought Braga in a war, not knowing a thing.”

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